The only combo card that doesn't have an internal power connector, the OrangeLink+ USB 2.0/FireWire PCI Card may present problems with bus-powered FireWire drives. Although only a few such drives are currently on the market, we expect many more in the near future.

To its credit, the OrangeLink+ combo card includes both FireWire and USB 2.0 cables. It also comes with Ulead VideoStudio 5, a decent digital video-editing tool for beginners.

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